Bug 1609954 – CVE-2018-5813 libRaw: infinite loop in the parse_minolta function in dcraw/dcraw.c

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Bug 1609954 - (CVE-2018-5813) CVE-2018-5813 libRaw: infinite loop in the parse_minolta function in dcraw/dcraw.c

Summary:	CVE-2018-5813 libRaw: infinite loop in the parse_minolta function in dcraw/dc...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2018-5813

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1611636 1633708 1609955
Blocks:	1609957
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Reported:	2018-07-30 17:48 EDT by Laura Pardo
Modified:	2018-10-16 10:21 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Fixed In Version:	libRaw 0.18.11
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-07-30 17:48:13 EDT

A flaw was found in LibRaw. An error within the "parse_minolta()" function (dcraw/dcraw.c) can be exploited to trigger an infinite loop via a specially crafted file. This can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). 


References:
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-13/

Comment 3 Stefan Cornelius 2018-08-02 10:09:37 EDT

Patch:
https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/8260dcf3db045923a5ca5c05170f9bc7a4bd971

Note that there's a related follow-up patch:
https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/70ce43d02602a7756937fadde3cab32d3ae3eef9

Comment 5 Stefan Cornelius 2018-08-02 10:10:49 EDT

Statement:

This issue affects the versions of LibRaw as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Comment 7 Debarshi Ray 2018-09-27 09:36:46 EDT

Also known as Secunia Advisory SA83050 ...

(In reply to Stefan Cornelius from comment #3)
> Patch:
> https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/
> 8260dcf3db045923a5ca5c05170f9bc7a4bd971

This is already in LibRaw 0.19 Beta-5 and 0.18.11.

> Note that there's a related follow-up patch:
> https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/
> 70ce43d02602a7756937fadde3cab32d3ae3eef9

This one is only present in the 0.19-stable branch and hasn't seen a release yet.

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